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The LIVE Network: A Music-Based Messaging Program to Promote ART Adherence Self-Management

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We developed and pilot-tested the efficacy, acceptability, and feasibility of a music program, The LIVE Network (LN), compared to standard care on outcomes of ART adherence, clinical indicators, and self-efficacy. The study was powered to detect differences at p < 0.1. We enrolled and followed 77 participants for 12 weeks (T3). Mean monthly pill counts (PC) declined over time in both groups. Although not significant, the LN had higher PC and a larger proportion had plasma antiretroviral trough levels within therapeutic range. The LN group did have significantly (p < 0.1) increased levels of adherence self-efficacy and decrease in viral loads.

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by a Grant from the National Institutes of Nursing Research R21 NR010862 and in part from the Emory Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI050409). We wish to thank the participants in this Project. We also acknowledge the work of the Music Project staff, Samaha Hodges and Versey McLendon.

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  1. Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Marcia McDonnell Holstad & Melinda Higgins

  2. School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Igho Ofotokun

  3. FutureSoft, Inc./Positive Records, 1412 W. Baker Avenue, Fullerton, CA, 92833, USA

    Steven Logwood

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Holstad, M.M., Ofotokun, I., Higgins, M. et al. The LIVE Network: A Music-Based Messaging Program to Promote ART Adherence Self-Management. AIDS Behav 17, 2954–2962 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0581-2

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